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TED WILLIAMS |
NIGHT BASEBALL &
JACKIE ROBINSON ...
Ted Williams goes 3 for 3 as the Sox beat St. Louis
July 25, 1947 ... Relief pitcher Harry Dorish was the man of the hour in the Red Sox fourth consecutive victory, a hard fought 7 to 6 verdict over the Browns at Fenway Park.
The Browns bats were alive as they fielded their strongest lineup of the year, with Dillinger and Berardino back in action. Their nine hits included four doubles, a triple and two home runs.
The Browns jumped out to a 1 to 0 lead in the first inning on successive doubles by Dillinger and Berardino. In the bottom of the first the Sox evicted starter Jack Kramer on four unearned runs. With two outs and Johnny Pesky on second, Ted Williams sent a high twisting foul to the rear of
the plate which catcher Les Moss dropped for an error. Williams then proceeded to wallop Cramer's next serve into the right-field pavilion for his 20th home run of the year, scoring Pesky ahead of him. Ted had a perfect night at bat, with the homer and two singles in three attempts.
On his next pitch Kramer gave Bobby Doerr's his 10th home run into the left field screen. DiMaggio walked and scored on Jake Jones' double to left for the Sox fourth run of the inning, giving them a 4 to 1 lead.
The Browns picked up single runs in the second and third to cut the score 4 to 3. The Red Sox picked up their fifth run in the third inning on singles by Williams, DiMaggio and Jones.
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WILLARD BROWN |
The Browns went to work on Earl Johnson in the top of the fifth inning with a vengeance. Dillinger slapped his second home run of the year into the screen to set the tempo, as Johnson was replaced by Dorish. The chunky right-hander delivered a home run ball to big Jeff Heath after walking
Vern Stevens. The two runs gave St. Louis a 6 to 5 lead. The Browns players stood on the dugout steps, waving towels at Ted Williams in left field as Jeff Heath was trotting around the bases after tying the Kid with his 20th home run of the year. But Harry rebounded to grant the brownies
only two hits over his five innings of relief duty. He set down the last nine men in order and faced only 15 batters after allowing Heath's home run.
In addition, Dorish won his own game when he squeezed home Dom DiMaggio in the fifth inning with the Sox seventh run. Jake Jones had singled to score Ted Williams with the tie maker and the sacks were clogged when Dorish came to bat with one out. He neatly deposited a sacrifice bunt to the
right of the mound where no play could be made, as DiMaggio scampered home standing up.
Willard Brown, former Negro league outfield rookie, belted two balls over the left field wall during batting practice and picked up two doubles off the wall during the game. A few years ago, as a member of the Kansas City Monarchs, Brown had a chance to play at Fenway Park. |
